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Magic File Renamer Professional Edition Changelog

What's new in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 7.4.0

Dec 9, 2013
  • Fixed: File Explorer Refresh problem under Windows 8.
  • Fixed: MFR may crash when generating a batch renaming file.
  • Fixed: Name List file was not saved correctly from rename list column with non-English characters.
  • Fixed: ID3 Tag was not set correctly when non-English characters are used.
  • Fixed: Error when trying to apply audio tag changes following prior changes to file path.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 7.3.0 (Apr 15, 2013)

  • Changed: Default mask is * instead of *.*
  • Fixed: Navigation to virtual folders was disabled.
  • Fixed: File list was not updated pressing enter after changing mask.
  • Fixed: "Add" command now adds file list items in current view order.
  • Fixed: Keys P and S were used as hot-keys and could not be used for renaming in file list.
  • Fixed: Archive (ZIP) files were not filtered even when not matching mask.
  • Changed: Setup program - verify .NET framework exist; improved handling of closing processes with opened handles to required files.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 7.2.5 (Feb 18, 2013)

  • Fixed: Filters with formatting parameters did not operate correctly

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 7.2.4 (Feb 18, 2013)

  • New: Formatting parameter editor now shows a preview of the result formatting.
  • New: Token and Substring formatting parameters editors now show the inner formatting parameter in a friendly editor.
  • New: Option to change behavior of double click on file list item between run it and add it to rename list.
  • Changed: File list now does not browse into archive files.
  • Fixed: File List panel was not resized correctly.
  • Fixed: ID3v2 Custom Field formatting parameter was not working.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 7.0.8 (Jan 7, 2013)

  • Fixed: MFR failed to run due to privileges problem when overwritting older version.
  • Fixed: Presets could not be modified by a non-admin user.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 7.0.7 (Dec 27, 2012)

  • Fixed: Some of the filter options were hidden (substring / token).
  • Fixed: Failure to save configuration due to privileges problem on some scenarios.
  • Fixed: "Date Picture Taken" formatting parameter had used the image modification date field instead.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 7.0.4 (Sep 10, 2012)

  • Changed: ID3V2 tag setter now writes ID3v2.3 tag by default, unless current tag is already 2.4 or 2.4 frames were set by the filter. This is due to the fact that ID3v2.4 is not supproted by Windows Explorer and media player.
  • Fixed: Error when setting COMM frame in ID3v2 tag setter.
  • Fixed: Could not add more than 30 files using shell context menu (Windows Explorer Right-Click).
  • Fixed: Error when pressing Ctrl-A on file explorer.
  • Fixed: Proper checking for files in use during install / uninstall.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 7.0.0 (Apr 2, 2012)

  • Added support for reading and modifing various audio tag formats in addittion to MP3: OGG Vorbis (XIPH), APE, Apple (ILST), ASF, DIVX, FLAC (XIPH & FLAC metadata), RIFF (AVI, WAV, AVI, RMI).
  • Added support for reading various image tag formats: XMP (for JPEG, TIFF, JPEG 2000, PNG, GIF, PDF files), JPEG Comment, EXIF / IFD (JPEG, TIFF and more), PNG, GIF Comment.
  • Added support for reading various media (image, audio and video) properties.
  • Added Cleaner Filter, inteded to remove unwanted characters from names.
  • File Explorer control was replaced - now Windows original shell view is included.
  • File Explorer control includes folder back and forward buttons.
  • File Explorer control now hide items which are exluded using the exclude masks feature.
  • File Explorer control now suppores more view styles: thumbnails, large icons, and more.. .
  • File Explorer control takes display settings from Windows View setttings.
  • Added "Add Hidden/System Files" feature to Rename List. When checked, hidden & sytstem files in sub-directories will be added to the rename list.
  • New icons
  • Added Illegal Characters replace list sample file.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 6.4.1 (Oct 2, 2011)

  • Fixed program hang when browsing to some special folders.
  • Canceled splash screen on startup.
  • Fixed failure of saving configuration when closing the program.
  • Updated the "JPEG Date" preset and added "Last Update Date" Preset.
  • On x64 O/S, setup program installs the software in the "Program Files" and not "Program Files (x86)" folder

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 6.4.0 (Oct 2, 2011)

  • Added support for finding nearby country/region/place using GeoNames.org database (requires internet connection) (Pro edition only).
  • Added Jpeg-Geo column header fields and formatter parameters for extracting geographical info from jpeg files (latitude, longitude, nearby place name) (Pro edition only)

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 6.3.4 (Oct 2, 2011)

  • Fixed: Windows Explorer Context menu integration is working also for 64 bit systems.
  • Fixed: "Enumeration was modified" error while preview of MP3 files.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 6.3.3 (Feb 12, 2011)

  • Fixed: Errors when trying to open options window without administrator privileges

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 6.3.2 (Feb 6, 2011)

  • D3 library was updated to latest version - now supports ID3 v2.4 tags.
  • JPEG Metadata (EXIF) library was updated to latest version.
  • Added Windows Explorer Context menu integration (right-click menu).
  • Fixed: MEX Evaluation message may have appeared always on 64bit systems.
  • Trial usage limit was decreased to 30 renaming operations.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 6.30 (Jan 24, 2011)

  • Compiled for .NET framework 4.0.
  • Fixed: Personal code was changed after re-installation of Windows O/S. (note: fix will apply only to systems for which MFR was never installed before, in order to avoid having registered user's personal code changed).
  • Fixed: Freedb support is working again.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 6.20 (Jun 5, 2010)

  • Compiled for .NET framework 3.5, for supporting also Windows 7 and Vista 64-bit. No new features where added.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 6.12 (Jun 5, 2010)

  • ID3 engine was replaced.
  • Added support for non-english character sets.
  • Fix: ID3v1 tag was not removed correctly.
  • Fix: ID3v2 tag was not created correctly.
  • Removed the "ID3" group from the field chooser.
  • Better support for MPEG fields.
  • More ID3v2 frames are now supported.
  • Setting ID3v2 web address frames is not supported in this version.
  • Minor UI fixes and improvements.
  • Fix: Windows context menu extension was not working properly when a large amount of files was selected.
  • Fix: When saving filters as a preset, filter values with spaces only were not saved correctly.
  • Fix: Icons for .ICO files ware not displayed correctly in the File Explorer

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 6.10 (Jun 5, 2010)

  • New Features:
  • New Token Mover Filter for easily moving parts of names [PE only].
  • Apply any text filter on contents of text files using the File Contents Field as apply target [PE only].
  • Use text stored in the Clipboard in names using using the Clipboard Text Formatting Parameter [PE only].
  • Support for VBR encoding in MP3 files.
  • Added Color Legend View to the Rename List.
  • Minor Changes:
  • Cosmetic changes, some button images replaced.
  • Added Status Bar Hints for cells in Rename List.
  • Added Check All / Uncheck All option for the Applied Filters List using right click context menu.
  • Some minor improvements in the FreeDB Setter Filter.
  • MP3 Rename List Fields are now divided into four groups: ID3, ID3v1, ID3v2, MPEG
  • Bug Fixes:
  • MP3 Duration was not calculated correctly in VBR encoded MP3 files
  • ID3 Remover Filter did not work properly.
  • When 'Save Last Path' was checked, MFR started with empty File Explorer.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 6.03 (Jun 5, 2010)

  • Removed the setup.exe file supplied in the installation package since it redirected users without the .NET framework to an in-updated download page and caused some confusion.
  • Recommended .Net Framework download page is supplied in the readme.txt file.
  • Fix: Hints for the main menu were not shown.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 6.02 (Jun 5, 2010)

  • Added icon to MFR entry in shell right-click menu.
  • Some minor bug fixes and changes in the shell right-click integration.
  • Ansi characters 80h to 0FFh (128 to 255) were not supported in list files (Replace List, Casing List and Name List).
  • Console mode program (MFRC) required an "Enter" key-stroke to start renaming.
  • Some improvements in the registration process.
  • Added "/NFS" command line parameter to show non-file-system items in File Explorer.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 6.01 (Jun 5, 2010)

  • Right-clicking on a virtual shell item, e.g. Recycle Bin on Desktop, caused the computer to slow down or hang for a while, if Magic File Renamer was installed with Windows Shell Context Menu support.
  • Filling a previous version license code in the register window caused MFR to crash on the next runs.

New in Magic File Renamer Professional Edition 6.00 (Jun 5, 2010)

  • Completely redesigned and rewritten version. New version is more stable and fixes bugs from v5.3b.
  • Use EXIF and image properties in names.
  • Read online music data from freedb.org.
  • Move files to different folders.
  • Rename List can show ID3 tags, JPEG metadata and various other fields.
  • Improved Presets Manager.
  • Advanced Rename List sort options.
  • Easy trimming using Visual Trim Helper.
  • Improved manual rename features.
  • Undo and log supports for ID3 tags, dates and attributes.
  • More filters and formatting parameters.
  • Improved Formatting Editor helps you to easily build format strings.
  • Date and time filters now support setting Creation Date, Last Write Date, Last Access Date.
  • Extensive user manual.